“For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ…”(2 Cor 10.3-5, ESV)

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the road not taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claimBecause it was grassy and wanted wear,Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I marked the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to wayI doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

– Robert Frost

what is the road not taken?

The road not taken is:

the path of simplicity instead of the path of busyness

the path of serving others instead of serving only ourselves

the path of changing the world instead of continuing the status quo

the path of joy instead of the path of drudgery

the path of hope instead of the path of hopelessness

the path of truly living instead of the path of mere existence

the path of fighting for justice instead of the path of ignoring others’ plight

the path of the extraordinary instead of the path of the banal

what is the catch?

Is there a catch? Of course there is, otherwise everybody would be on this road and it wouldn’t be the road not taken! Here’s the thing: you can’t get onto the road not taken unless you first leave the well-worn, familiar path you’re on. Is it scary? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely.